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Barbro Nilsson

(Sweden, 1899-1983)
Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
5 500 - 7 330 EUR
5 580 - 7 440 USD
Hammer price
63 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

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Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

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Barbro Nilsson
(Sweden, 1899-1983)

A carpet, "Gråspättan", flat weave, ca 278-282,5 x 248-254 cm, signed AB MMF BN

(AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson). Designed in 1943. The pattern "Spättan" was designed in red for the parents' home at Lidingö.

Some wear, slightly dirty, stains. Later flax edge and fringes at the ends.

Literature

Compare with Möller, Viggo Sten: En bok om Barbro Nilsson, Stockholm/Barcelona 1977, colour plates pages 66-67; Liljevalchs konsthalls katalog: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Värnamo 2009, colour plate page 143.